Gracilaria edulis (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva 1952
Current name:
Gracilaria edulis (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva
1. Upper portion showing bifurcate tips. 2. Fragment with cystocarps. 3. Longitudinal section through cystocarp. 4. Habitat (overgrowing the lobster farm constructions at Mot Island, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam). - 29 February 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)
Publication Details
Gracilaria edulis (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva 1952: 293
Published in: Silva, P.C. (1952). A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 241-323.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus edulis S.G.Gmelin
Type Information
Type locality: 'India orientalis'; (South & Skelton 2003: 722) Notes: According to Millar & Xia (1997), the type locality is Indonesia.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 September 2021
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
